Trump's company isn't banning private foreign deals during his presidency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : As in the last ethics agreement, the five-page white paper prohibits Trump from "day-to-day" decision making at the Trump Organization, limits financial information about the business shared with him and commits the company to donate to the U.S. Treasury profits from foreign government spending at its properties.
48% : "The Trump Organization announced that it was hiring William A. Burck, a managing partner of Quinn Emanuel LLP, to vet deals that could pose conflicts with public policy.
41% : At the outset of his first term, Trump pledged to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest, but he ended up openly courting business to his properties instead.
40% : An ethics pact that Trump signed eight years ago barred deals with both foreign governments and foreign companies.
39% : Under U.S. law, federal government officials are not permitted to hold financial interests in businesses that could sway their opinion on public policy they help shape, and are often forced to sell off their stakes.
34% : U.S. presidents are excluded from the post-Watergate ethics ban, but all presidents have voluntarily agreed to follow the law, except for Trump.
28% : Now, the emoluments clause could become a legal headache for Trump again given his company's sprawling businesses, including the two new, publicly traded ventures.
25% : In his first term in office, Trump said he was "not a fan" of cryptocurrency and tweeted in 2019, "Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity.
24% : Numerous groups accused Trump of violating the Constitution's "emoluments" ban on gifts and payment to the president, citing the hotel in particular.
24% : The deal comes at an especially vulnerable time for Vietnam as Trump vows to raise tariffs on many countries.
22% : The hotel has since been sold and the Supreme Court refused to rule on an emoluments violation after Trump had left office, citing that the issue was moot.

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